Just to say, I realize this is a sore subject, but those of you getting angry should read the article. It’s definitely not saying “What if homosexuality is a mental condition?” I’ll grant you the title is… misleading. But it’s really trying to help those with anxiety over this subject to understand if they have a condition, or if they are really gay.
A random segment i scrolled to: “Gay people may experience anxiety associated with their sexual orientation. However, these anxieties usually stem more from the social stigma attached to homosexuality and the additional difficulties that homosexuals may encounter in finding dating partners. Gay people may experience enough anxiety about making their sexual preferences known that they may keep their sexuality a secret or avoid dating altogether. However, this anxiety is different from the anxiety that a person with HOCD experiences.”
See? It’s not making any judgment, actually it seems rather supportive of homosexuals. This is just trying to be a helpful site for some stressed out people to understand what’s going on in their heads.
That being said, I don’t know what an “ex-gay” trick is, but I can say it definitely seems that HOCD is real. At the very least, I could see it leading to homophobia, since those people idiots tend to be insecure in their sexuality to an extreme. EDIT: as @answerjill just pointed out, this is not homophobia. To clarify what I said, I only mean it’s possible one may lead to the other.
You know, i never liked homophobia as a term. As a comic I liked once said, “homophobia? you know, i had a friend with arachnophobia. But when he saw a spider, he ran away. He didn’t run over and start punching it”